Title :
Ultrasonic measurement of axial strain when tissue deforms dominantly in lateral direction-method demonstration on agar phantom
Author :
Sumi, C. ; Shibata, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Sophia Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Through agar phantom experiments, the authors demonstrated that the previously developed ultrasonic (US) RF-echo phase matching method could be used to accurately measure the axial strain when the target tissue deformed dominantly in the lateral direction
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomechanics; biomedical ultrasonics; strain measurement; ultrasonic measurement; RF-echo phase matching method; agar phantom; target tissue deformation; tissue biomechanics; ultrasonic axial strain measurement; Biological tissues; Capacitive sensors; Centralized control; Elasticity; Frequency conversion; Imaging phantoms; Phase measurement; Size control; Strain measurement; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802574
